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The current paper represents an attempt to clarify the nature of the radical behaviorist’s perspective on human cognition. This attempt will involve an examination of recent behavioral research into the relationship between stimulus equivalence phenomena and symbolic behavior, and language more generally. This form of behavior analysis is offered as an alternative to, but not a replacement for, other methodological and conceptual approaches to psychology.
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Earlier versions of this material were presented at the 1990 Annual Student Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland and at the 1990 Spring Meeting of the Behaviour Analysis in Ireland Group.
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Barnes, D., Holmes, Y. Radical Behaviorism, Stimulus Equivalence, and Human Cognition. Psychol Rec 41, 19–31 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395091
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